US, South Korea and Japan agree to operate a system enabling them to share warning data in real time of future missile launches by North Korea
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin says "North Korea's dangerous and destabilising nuclear and missile programmes threaten peace and stability in the region."The meeting took place after North Korea recently failed to launch a military spy satellite. / Photo: AFP / Photo: AP
According to Lee Jong-sup, South Korea's defence minister, the agreement was reached on Saturday in a trilateral meeting with his US and Japanese counterparts on the sideline of the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2023 in Singapore. "While actively implementing the agreed-upon measures between the leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan, the three countries agreed to elevate security cooperation to another level," Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency quoted Lee as saying.
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